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[REQUEST] 2 New Zen Tokens (Gender/Race Change & Class Change)
chilam69
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I sent a support message in because I wondered if it was possible to purchase something from the zen store to change a character's gender. They replied with this:
(private correspondence removed) - darkbladejk
So here it goes, I have added 2 tokens that I would like to see added to the zen store for players who want to change their gender or class.
You can purchase a rename token in the zen store to change your character's name.
You can purchase a retrain token in the zen store to retrain your character.
I would like to see a gender change token in the zen store to change your character's gender/race
and
a class retrain token to change your character's class from Tactical, Science, Engineering to a different one.
I think that these two tokens, if added, would allow players who started out as a a different race, change to a new race and gender of their choice, And also allow people who started as one class, change to a different class.
(private correspondence removed) - darkbladejk
So here it goes, I have added 2 tokens that I would like to see added to the zen store for players who want to change their gender or class.
You can purchase a rename token in the zen store to change your character's name.
You can purchase a retrain token in the zen store to retrain your character.
I would like to see a gender change token in the zen store to change your character's gender/race
and
a class retrain token to change your character's class from Tactical, Science, Engineering to a different one.
I think that these two tokens, if added, would allow players who started out as a a different race, change to a new race and gender of their choice, And also allow people who started as one class, change to a different class.
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Changing the class would probably not work for much the same reason.
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Race: More difficult, not only are there race-specific uniform options but there are also race-specific traits as well. Not impossible, but a lot more work for the coders so less likely imo.
Class: This would be the most difficult to make work, and I don't think it's likely to ever happen.
If lockbox, lobi, and promobox items were either transferable between characters or account unlocked I'm sure people would be fine with doing just that. Since they currently are not though this topic will continue to come up from time to time.
Character Reset Token:
Zen Cost = Retrain Token cost + Rename Token cost + Reset Token cost
What it does:
Everyday, people go to college to get training in a different field. Maybe they are computer techs but they want to go into law enforcement instead. I'm sure that, even in the 23rd century, people could and would change from Tactical to Science or Engineering, or vice versa. Sure, you would lose the race specific uniforms but not because of the game. you would loose them because you chose a different race yourself.
Maybe the uniforms could be account based instead of character based. Maybe the only way that would happen is if you spent the zen to change your character and it automatically unlocked the uniforms across the account instead. I don't know the specifics, this is just an idea. I quit playing years ago because I got sick and tired of looking at my Borg infected male character and I didn't want to have to start over and create a new character.
Original STO beta tester.
I know they've said it, but I find it hard to believe as considering the sheer amount of code neverwinter borrows from STO while being able to have race change in it, I'm sure the devs would be able to do it if they really tried. (Though they seem to not care much about anything that's not on their roadmap. It took them years to make the TRIBBLE cards autoclaim when they had mentioned it a few times)
And bubblegirl, its not asked about a crazy about like F.C.Ts are. It does pop up every once in a while, but just because the devs ignore like 99% of requests doesn't mean we should not be allowed to request things ever.
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Also bear in mind that the engine for sto feels like its held together with knicker elastic and sticky tape due to its age and stuff that's been crowbarred into it so something that might seem simple probably isn't. Neverwinter team will have had the chance to shore it up before putting a game into it.
The fact that many of the features are hard-coded may have something to do with that.
Hmm what you mean "unless they found a way to edit the code written to the game"? Since every bug fix we've gotten is edits to pre-existing code they obviously have the capability, nor is it probably about caring either, but rather how much work would it be to compared to the returns they would get from it, in case of something like a race/gender change it might involve a ground up rebuild of the code for the characters something that would be a major undertaking.
NOW... it is insane how many bars one has to fill. From Ship Traits to Endeavors to Reputation... etc. etc.
Not sure HOW it can be accomplished (with the programming)... but I see the appeal.
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The thing to remember about software is that they'll do exactly things exactly how you tell them to the letter and are utterly incapable of knowing how things are "suppose to be" so if you do something stupid like use a variable as a constant either the code will end up doing something really stupid or just won't work.